Circa 1900 (Photo: courtesy Margaret Davey) Back row: 1) Harries, 2) Osborn, 3) Reynolds, 4) J. Chynoweth, 5) Harper, 6) Willcocks, 7) J. Squire, 8) Tremewan, 9) Harper. Middle row: 10) Hocking, 11) Mitchell, 12) Letcher, 13) Angwin, 14) Uren, 15) Mitchell, 16) Harper. Front row: 17) W. Roberts, 18)
Contesting Not all bands enter competitions and there are some which shun the contest stage, preferring to concentrate their efforts in providing music for local events. For most players, though, contesting has always been an important part of brass banding, the reason that they spend so many hours trying to